денес

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• денеси (denesi) — dialectal
• денеска (deneska) — dialectal
• днеска (dneska) — standard, but colloquial
• днес (dnes) — standard

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnьsь, from *dьnь (“day”) *sь; cognate with Macedonian денес (denes), Serbo-Croatian dànas, Slovene dánes.

Pronunciation

• дене́с: IPA^(key): [dɛˈnɛs]
• де́нес: IPA^(key): [ˈdɛnɛs]

Adverb

дене́с or де́нес • (denés or dénes) (not comparable)

1. (dialectal) today
2. (dialectal) nowadays
   • Марко Балабанов (Marko Balabanov):

     През денес доде тука едно младо момче голо и босо.

     Prez denes dode tuka edno mlado momče golo i boso.

     These days / Not long ago / Recently a boy came here naked and barefoot.

References

• “денес”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dьnьsь, from *dьnь (“day”) *sь; cf. Serbo-Croatian dànas, Slovene dánes and Bulgarian днес (dnes).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛnɛs]

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Adverb

денес • (denes)

1. today
2. nowadays

Related terms

• денеска (deneska)

See also

• вчера (včera), завчера (zavčera), позавчера (pozavčera)
• утре (utre), задутре (zadutre), позадутре (pozadutre)